This marks the second year that Cincinnati police officers were permitted to march in the parade in uniform. It's part of the department's outreach effort to the LGBT community.

Cincinnati's Pride Week wrapped up with a festival and fireworks at Sawyer Point that included a family fun zone, games, face painting and inflatables, as well as food, live music and fireworks.

"Pride Week for me means sharing love, and sharing the knowledge of equality and that everyone's equal no matter your race, your creed, where you're from and who you are, love is love either way," supporter Kody Lewis said. "It tells everybody that we're coming out in the world, and it's OK to be gay and we're here, and we're queer and we love it."

This is the first year the event was hosted as a stand-alone, not-for-profit organization.

Tri-state Summer Festivals 2014

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Check out some festivals going on this summer in and around Cincinnati! We'll continue to update the list as we find more to share!

LOUD AND PROUD .... THE CITY'S L-G-B-T COMMUNITY... TOOK OVER THE STREETS OF CINCINNATI TODAY. TO CELEBRATE THE END OF A WEEK-LONG PUSH FOR GAY RIGHTS. A PUSH.... THAT BROUGHT SOME SUCCESS THIS WEEK..... AFTER A LOCAL COMPANY ANNOUNCED NEW BENEFITS .... FOR SAME SEX PARTNERS. WLWT NEWS FIVE'S TAMMY MUTASA IS LIVE AT SAWYER POINT.... WHERE THE PARTY CONTINUES. TAMMY. ANDREW, IT'S BEEN 41 YEARS OF CINCINNATI'S PRIDE WEEK... A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE OUT HERE CELBRATING....HOW FAR CINCINNATI HAS COME IN THE LGBT PRIDE AND HISTORY. EARLIER TODAY WAS THE BIG PARADE... FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR... CINCINNATI POLICE MARCHED IN THE PARADE IN UNIFORM. THAT'S PART OF AN ON-GOING POLICE EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO THE GAY COMMUNITY. SOME RALLIED AGAINST THE NEW CATHOLIC TEACHER CONTRACT WITH IT'S EXPANDED MORALITY CLAUSE. JUST THIS WEEK... METRO BUS COMPANY ANNOUNCEDIT WILL START OFFERING COMPANY BENEFITS.... TO SAME SEX COUPLES. A YEAR AGO THE CITY OF CINCINNATI STARTED OFFERING DOMESTIC PARTNER COVERAGE FOR SAME SEX COUPLES. ORGANIZERS SAY... WE'VE COME A LONG WAY ....BUT THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO. (SOT/MICHAEL WILSON/ CINCINNATI PRIDE ORGANIZER) ("We also have different rulings across the country that have brought to light the equality that so many groups are fighting for so a few of these changes not only here at home but also across the country is very encouraging for all of us.") (SOT/CODY ADDISON/ SUPPORTER) ("I just hope that everyone respects eachother's opinions and beliefs and comes together as a community to create a beautiful event and just make everything successful and everyone has a good day.") TODAY IS ABOUT A LOT OF FAMILY FUNWITH FACE PAINTINGFOOD AND FIREWORKS. THE EVENT RUNS UNTIL NINE TONIGHT. REPORTING LIVE AT SAWYER POINT, TAMMY MUTASA WLWT NEWS FIVE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THE EVENT IS BEING HOSTED AS A STANDALONE...NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION.